Friday, December 17, 2021

Small SA study shows Omicron breaking through booster shot


Small SA study shows Omicron breaking through booster shot

Johannesburg:  17.12.2021

A small study of seven Covid-19 cases in South Africa shows the Omicron variant can break through booster vaccine shots, one of the scientists involved said on Thursday. A group of seven German visitors to Cape Town, aged between 25 and 39, were infected at some point in late November or early December with cases of the Omicron variant. The study said they all suffered only mild to moderate symptoms and none required hospitalisation. Of the group, six were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, of whom five had also had a booster Pfizer shot while the sixth had got a booster dose of Moderna vaccine. A seventh had got an initial dose of Astra-Zeneca’s shot, followed by a second and then third booster Pfizer dose. The infections occurred between one and two months after receipt of the booster shot. Wolfgang Preiser, one of the study’s co-authors, said the study showed infection was possible and caused symptomatic disease even after boosted immunisation. The study is under peer review. REUTERS

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